England v India: Jos Buttler scores a maiden century but home side still face heavy lossWe wanted England to show some fight in their bid to save the third Test against India and we got it in the shape of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes. Ironically, it came from the two most aggressive batsmen in…

Johanna Konta is not seeded for the US Open this year, having been the seventh seed last yearBritish number one Johanna Konta has pulled out of her second-round tie at the Connecticut Open with a viral illness, tournament organisers say. The 27-year-old was due to face Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro on Tuesday at New Haven…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Paul Manafort resigned as chair of President Trump’s election campaign after two months Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has been found guilty on five tax fraud charges at his trial in Virginia. He was also convicted on one count of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts, and two bank fraud…

Image copyright CBS Image caption The 50-storey building (dark, in centre) was hit by gunshots twice in less than 48 hours Police are investigating two incidents in which gunshots were fired at a luxury apartment building in Manhattan in the span of less than 48 hours. No residents were hurt in the seemingly random shootings,…

Image copyright Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has entered into a plea deal with US federal prosecutors in New York, US media report. Investigators are examining whether Mr Cohen committed bank or tax fraud or violated campaign finance laws. He had previously admitted to arranging hush money for a woman…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tran played mechanic-turned-Resistance fighter Rose Tico in The Last Jedi Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran has broken her silence after a barrage of sexist and racist abuse led her to delete her social media in June. The actress is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees and the first lead…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Police searched the man’s home near the scene of the attack A knife-wielding man, shot dead by Spanish police, had come out as gay and was contemplating suicide, reports quoting his ex-wife’s testimony say. Algerian Abdel Wahab Taib, 29, shouted in Arabic as he targeted a police station in a…